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Diet's Pari in
Mental Illness Eyed
Los Angeles iU.R A theory
that diet may play a part in
some cases of mental illness is
being explored here.
The findings collide head-on
with older theories, such as the
Freudian concept that all
"functional" mental ills are dis
orders of the mind, and not
physical.
Dr. George Watson, of the
school of philosopny at the Uni
versity of Southern California,
said tests indicate that certain
mental and emotional disorders
may be caused by the wrong
diet. Experiments have resulted
in correction by proper nutri
tion, he added.
Past experiments have been
made on test groups by starva
tion, to make checks on de
creased mental efficiency. These
have brought on cases of depres
sion and even hysteria.
Dr. Watyon pointed to the
case of a young woman under
extreme mental stress. Her emo
tional problems over a seven
year period had pushed her so
far as to consider suicide.
Patient Recovered
While she felt her disturb
ances were purely mental and
regarded as "silly" the idea that
proper diet would help her, she
agreed to the test.
Nothing was said to her about
psychotherapy. She simply was
told the number of capsules of
food supplement to take each
day. Dr. Watson said.
During the first month of
treatment the patient's days of
depression became less frequent,
until they did not recur. She
since has recovered completely.
Listed by Dr. Watson as con
tributors to mental illness are
(1) overwork, (2) poor eating
habits, (3) illness', or other situa
tions which place great demands
upon the body and (4) poor diges
tion. It is evidence. Dr. Watson
concluded, that some types of
mental illness have a physical
basis, and are not directly due to
mental upheaval. Healthy people
get adequate rest and nutrition
each day from the stresses of the
previous day.
Dr. Watson's study was, sup
ported by a grant from the Wil
liam C. Kalash Fund, of Pasa
dena, Calif., for research in basic
science.
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San Francisco Starts Festival of Progress To
Observe 50 Anniversary of Giant Earthquake
By PETER HAYES
United Press Correspondent
San Francisco !U.R) A five
day festival of progress began
today at 5:12 a.m. exactly half
a century' after the start of the
worst natural disaster ever to
strike an American city.
It was at that minute on April
18, 1906. that an earthquake
shook the city of San Francisco
like a terrier with a rat in its
teeth. Even before the tremors
subsided tongues of flame began
finishing the destruction that the
quake had begun.
The fire raged for three days
and two nights and when it was
out the heart of the queen city
of the West was reduced to ruins
that were not to be equalled un
til the atom-bombing of Hiroshi
ma and Nagasaki.
Rebirth from Ashes
Today, 50 years afterward, San
Francisco celebrated its rebirth
from the ashes. Survivors of the
disaster gathered at 5:12 a.m. at
the Market st. landmark, Lotta's
Fountain, to hear an invocation
and lay a wieath in memory of
the 452 persons who lost their
lives.
A round of luncheons and ban
quets were scheduled for the
next four days with oldtimers
passing on still-vivid recollec
tions of the event. The celebra
tion will be climaxed Sunday by
a huge parade.
Even to' a world familiar with
mass destruction caused by
bombing planes of World War II,
the damage suffered by San
Francisco in 1906 was impress
ive. Total damage was estimated
at nearly $500,000,000. The
quake and fire wiped out 508
blocks and destroyed some 28,
000 buildings. Close to 200,000
were left homeless.
Huge Fault Blamed '
The earthquake came from
the San Andreas fault, a 270-mile
crack in the earths' structure
running nearly the length of
California and passing the Gold
en Gate a few miles out to sea.
Massive tensity mounted along
the fault line until the break
ing point came at 5:12 a.m. that
day in 1906.
Enrico Caruso, the great Ital
ian tenor, had sung in "Carmen",
the night before at the opera'
house. It was his first visit to
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San Francisco and his last.
"... I wake up about 5 o'clock,
feeling my bed rocking as
though I am in a ship on the
ocean," Caruso wrote later, "and
for the moment I think I am
dreaming that I am crossing the
water on my way to my beauti
ful country.
"And so I take no notice for
the moment, and then, as the
rocking continues, I get up and
FLORAL BOUQUET Actress Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier arrive at his palace
where the future princess received a bouq uet from two young girls. The flowers pre
sented to Grace, symbolized the willingness of Monaco to accept the American girl as
its princess.
Increased Service Slated
For Niagara Falls Visitors
Washington Sightseers and
honeymooners "can look forward
to increased service at Niagara
Falls this summer. Ariother
"Maid of the Mist" is ' being
launched.
The new Maid of the Mist will
be a twin. Two tiny steamers
with the same name usually spell
each other in carrying .visitors
thhrough the geysers- and swirl
ing currents of the most famous
waterfall in the world.
The boats' name comes from
a colorful myth. Two Indian war
riors are reported to have bat
tled for the hand of a beautiful
maiden. When the brave of her
choice was killed, the girl leaped
into a canoe" and was carried
over the cataract.
According to the legend the
ghostly maid may still be seen
under the falls. She has been
described as a misty figure for
ever reaching upward for her
lost lover.
On the wordly side, the Maid
of the Mist Corporation which
handles the sightseeing boats is
a concession dating from 1885. It
is licensed under an agreement
with the Niagara Frontier State
Park Commission. The steamers
operate in the turbulent gorge
below the falls between the State
(American) and Provincial (Can
adian) parks. -
Passengers are provided with
waterproof coats and hats since
the boats pass through heavy
spray on every trip. The little
ships battle rough water at both
the American and Horseshoe
Falls. Officials of the line proud
ly proclaim that if the need arose
they could navigate the rapids
as far as the lower bridges which
are two miles away.
The various Maids of the Mist
have shown remarkable stamina.
Tug Owner Wins
Award From Court
Tacoma flJ.R) Fred De
vine, Portland, owner of the tug
Salvage Chief, has won a $123,
500 court award for pulling a
5330,000 steel barge and its
$164,500 cargo of benzol off
Clatsop spit mouth nearly three
years ago.
The award was set by Federal
Judge George H. Boldt as 25 per
cent of the value of the barge
and cargo United Transporta
tion company, owner of the
barge, claimed $20,000 was ade
quate. Devine's attorneys has
asked $150,000.
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
Raymond Oscar Watson, illegal pos
session of intoxicating liquor. SIS.
Daniel Ferdinant Haas, failure to
stop at stop sign. S10.
James Edward Eek. overload. $413.
Frank Armstrong, overload. S101.
Victor Siedell Medcalf, failure to
operate on the right side of highway,
cracirr court
David Lee Thrapp vs. Betty Louise
Thrapp. divorce decree.
Audrey Christine Phillips vs. Wesley
Phillips, divorce decree.
Ava Lorraine Clark vs. Roy Mc
Thyas Clark, divorce decree.
Agnes Lorraine Walton- vs. Charles
J. Walton Jr., divorce decree.
Betty Lou Lamison -s. Herbert R.
Lamison, divorce decree.
Richard E. Puckett vs. Roma D.
Puckett. divorce decree.
Roy Junior Gish vs. Vera Mae Gish.
divorce decree.
Marjorie K. Langston vs. Curtis M.
Langs ton. divorce complaint
go to the window, raise the
shade and look out. And what I
see makes me tremble with fear.
I see the buildings toppling ov
er, big pieces of masonry falling
and from the street below I hear
the cries and screams of men
and women and children.
The shock brought thousands
of people streaming into streets
from the Mission District to Chi
natown to swank Nob Hill.
Repaired each year, and period
ically replaced, they , have an
unbelmished safety record. But
last spring as the twins were
being refurbished for the coming
season both burned in drydock
The little steamers have a dis
tinguished ancestor, another
small craft named the "Griffon."
In 1669 Rene Robert Cavalier,
Sieur de La Salle visited the
mouth of the Niagara. Imme
diately he envisioned an empire.
He foresaw the rich trade which
lay to the westward and realized
the opportunities in what the
French correctly called the
Straits of Niagara.
Nine years later La Salle
brought" his plans to fruition.
First he fortified the mouth of
Niagara in order to protect his
lines of communication. Then he
built the Griffon and opened a
fur trade between the "far" west
and the portage around the falls.
The Griffon was launched in
1679. She was the first. vessel to
ply the upper lakes and pioneer
ed what was the become an im
mense commerce.
Another ship, one of the early
Maids of the Mist, made history
in a different way.- She was
heavily mortgaged to an Ameri
can firm and in order to save
her the owner took a chance with
death. He sailed her through
the lower rapids of Niagara
where the current picks up a
speed of more than 27 miles an
hour.
Ride the famous
SMI FRANCISCO
via daily bus to and
from Dunsmuir
You'll enjoy this interest
ing way to San Francisco
and back. Leave after
lunch by special S.P. char
tered bus which connects "
with streamliner Shasta
Daylight at Dunsmuir. Ar
rive San Francisco 11:30
p.m. (PST). Returning,
leave San Francisco on the
Shasta Daylight in the
morning; be home in time
for dinner. Daylight con
nects with other trains to
and from Los Angeles.
Fares are surprisingly low.
For in fort vmj! ion cofl your
local or poorest
SJ Agent.
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Pacific
G. Morris, Agent
Phone 2-2346
Many were killed by falling cor
nices but the early hour un
doubtedly kept the death toll
lower than it- might have been
if the quake had hit when streets
were crowded.
Flimsily built frame buildings
collapsed and one of the first
casualties was Fire Chief Dennis
Sullivan who was fatally injur
ed. Streets collapsed five feet in
Crater To Present
Three-Act Mystery
Central Point A three-act
mystery, "The Bat," will be pre
sented by students of Crater
High school in the school cafe-
torium at 8 p.m. Friday and Sat
urday, April 20 and 21.
. The play was written by Mary
Roberts Rmehart and Avery
Hartwood. and is directed by
Donald Lacy, with Janet Ander
son acting as student director.
Tickets will be available at
the door.
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places and cable car tracks were
torn from their beds and twisted
like snakes.
Most ominous of all, however,
were the flickering flames that
began to curl out of the rubble.
They came from ruptured gas
mains and overturned stoves
and, with water mains fractured
by the shock, they spelled a
death sentence for San Francis
co. Their water supply virtually
wiped out, firemen resorted to
dynamiting buildings and build
ing backfires in attempts to halt
the advancing flames which rag
ed at 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Martial Law Declared
Meanwhile Army troops bas
ed at the Presidio were ordered
to the scene and martial law was
aeciarea. rnree looters were
shot the first day. Barbary Coast
saloons were padlocked and li
quor was smashed. Soldiers
urged householders to leave fire.
threatened areas and refugees
fled westward to Golden Gate
park and eastward across the
bay in all types' of boats to Oak
land.
Weary firemen gave way stub
bornly to the flames and finally
lined up at Van Ness avenue for
a last stand. Backfires built
along the east side of the wide
thoroughfare proved the turning
point in their gallant battle. The
fire, was stopped at Van Ness
avenue.
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